The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-15
PERSONAL.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN is considered to bear
striking resemblance to Edwin Booth.

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN is considered to bear
striking resemblance to Edwin Booth.
THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY objected to
paying 75c. and 81 % apiece for the lunch of
several of his suite at a restaurant near San
Reno. and denounced the restaurant keeper as
a robber
GEN ANsoN G. MCCooK smokes the strongest
kind of cigars. Gen. Sherman INDUCES in what
is called "a dry SMOKE that is, he chews a
cigar before lighting it, and even goes on chew
ing after he begins to smoke.
ROBERT SCHROEDER, who has 500 acres in
Franklin county, New York devoted to hop cul-
ture. is said to be the leading hop grower of the
world. He has thirty men at work cutting poles
for use in his hop fields, and expects to obtain
100000 poles during the winter.
CHAUNcEy NJ DEpEw does not seem to think
that w. X. Vanderbilt is going to India, or to
make trip around the world in his yacht. He
believes that Mr. Vanderbilt will return home in
the spring after winter spent in cruising in
the Mediterranean and the Bosphorus.
ELDER EVANS the well-known Shaker leader
is man of extremely simple tastes When
visiting artists studio recently he was invited
to remain to tea. He agreed to do so if his
hostess could furnish him with brown
bread and hot water. This was all he wanted for
supper.
THE MAHOGANY READING DESK and pulpit chair
used by the late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in
Plymouth church from 1880 to 1868 are now pre-
served in the house of a Peekskill gentleman.
The red upholstery of the arm chair is soied
and worn where the famous minister's head so
often rubbed against it during the most thrilling
years in the history of his church.
CONGRESSMAN FARoUHAR, of Buffalo, says: 81
shall introduce bill at the earliest opportunity
providing for the repeal of the unjust and dis
eliminating tax now levied commercial
travellers. There was no reason for the imposi-
ton of this tax and the operation of the law
demonstrates it TO be an understandable burden
upon a class of men who earn every dollar they
receive.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN GABE BoUCK, who declined
the invitation to the Presidents banquet in Mil
waukee, with the .gruff and unconventional
words mo apology" regards New York city as
all that is bad. He is swarthy, but smooth
faced and his little black eyes used to glare with
mighty anger when his views were combated
IN Congress. He wore the quantest of clothes
and smoked ipeessantly by the big fireplace.
THE late George A. Hoyt, of Stamford, Conn.
President of the Pennsylvania Coal Company,
was left fatherless when he was ID years Of age.
He gave his share of his fathers property to his
brothers and sisters. and at Is became a porter
and errand boy in a clothing store at a salary of
$50 year. He boarded with his employer and
slept at the store. During the first year he
spent but 63c out of his salary. He never in
his life smoked cigar nor drank drop of wine
or liquor He died the richest man in Stamford.
SECRETARY BAYARD and Attorney General
Garland occupied the same pew Sunday in
Epiphany church. Mr.. Bayard Is n regular at
tendant. Mr. Garland is quite a stranger az the
Epiphany. Sunday the two Cabinet Officers
listened to a semi-political sermon. Dr. Giesy de-
claring in one sentence that while the peoples
money was being boarded up in the National
Treasury, hunger and want prevailed through
out the land. He then went on TO relate several
personal experiences with persons IN search of
work, and advocated the liberal expenditure of
the public money for public improvements. and
to furnish employment to the poor and needy.
ONE MORE STORY about Jenny Lind: One of
her kind acts was TO 90 nd sing to the inmates
of the Home for Incurabies London. She knew
that it would ease their pain and please tht m to
listen to her glorious voice. Her da lgbters used
10 sing. too. But after time these days of pc
riodical visiting got known, and people began TO
go just TO listen The gifted songstress noticed
first one amongst the audience and then another
who looked neither sick nor afflicted She de-
termined at length Co PIT stop TO IT, So, one
day, seeing number OF seats occupied by visit
ors where the afflicted ought 30 be sitting, she
turned 10 an official and said "Mr. ----, ! came
TO amuse those who are suffering, and not TO
give a concert. l am sorry to say that must
decline to proceed until my audience consists
only of such" So those who had tried TO I'M
pose upon goodness had 70 beat an iGnominiou5
exit.